Lesson 5: Preferences of the Technology Generation

Text VS. Visuals
       - The technology or digital generation has greater affinity to visuals compared with text.

Linear VS. Hypermedia

       - The new generation follows a personal random access to hyperlinked digital information.

Independent VS. Social Learner

        -  New generation are already acquainted with digital tools that adopt to both personal and participative work, 

Learning to do VS. Learning to pass the test

        - The digital learners simply wish to acquire skills knowledge and habits.

Delayed rewards VS. Instant Gratification

        - the digital learners experience more gratification through immediate scores from games enjoyable conversation from webcam calls, excitement from email and inviting comments from their facebook friends. 

Rote memory VS. Fun Learning

         - Digital learners prefer fun Learning.                                                                                                                          

Lesson 4: Bridging the Generation Gap

Generation X

             - birth  years ranging from the early to mid-1960's and ending the birth years ranging from the late 1970's to early 1980's

Generation Y

             - also known as Millennials

             - 1980's as starting birth years and ending birth years ranging from the mid 1990's to early 2000's

Generation Z

             - birth years ranging from the mid-1990's to early 2000's

             - widespread usage of the internet from a young age 

             Older Generation VS. Young Generation

- Manner of dressing

- Socializing

- Friendship

- Marrying

            Difficult to overcome

- Caste System in India

- Pre-Arranged Marriages in China

- Female Circumcision in Africa.

           In the field of Education

- Developed countries VS. Third world countries
- Traditional VS. Modern
- Public VS. Private


Future Shock
          - is a book written by the futurist Alvin Toffler in 1970. in the book, Toffler defines the "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. his shortest definition for the term is a personal perception of "too much change in too short period of time."

To bridge the digital Gap

1. The need to understand the potentials of ICT
2. Technology supported skills need to be taught in school.

If the school fails to respond to emergent changes and needs

1. The new learners may lose appreciation of the educational  system.
2. The increase of drop-out rate each year.

Lesson 3: Understanding Technology Learners

        Twitter- online news and social networking site.   

                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                             

  
       Youtube- Video sharing website

Facebook- social networking site.

LinkedIn- business and employment oriented social networking site.

Instagram- online mobile photo-sharing, video sharing and social networking site. 

  Pinterest- content sharing site.

Flickr- image hosting and video hosting site. 

Share- share a resource is to make joint use of it. 

Feed- provide users with frequently updated content.

Skype- provide video chat and voice call services.

Content

           

            Today’s learners appear smarter, yet they can’t read as their parents do and they are addicted to the internet.

     This lesson involves on how to understand the digital learners and what are their benefits in engaging this kind of learners in technology based instructional media. Scientists said that, there are positive benefits derived from the use of information technology or digital resources and these counterbalance possible negative effects of technology on children. In addition, daily exposure to high technology-personal computers, video game gadgets, cellphones, and internet search sites-stimulates the brain by strengthening and creating neural circuits.

Furthermore, this current technological revolution is creating an intellectual revolution, faster and better than ever before. Knowledge is constructed uniquely and individually in multiple ways and it is constructed through a variety of tools, resources, experiences, and contexts. Learning is internally controlled and mediated by the learners and they bring unique prior knowledge, experience, and beliefs to a learning situation.

Experience

 

            Today’s generations of students are very dependent on technology. Most of the activities in school require computer skills. Assignments must be encoded, passing of requirements through an email. Make a presentation through PowerPoint, edit a video, make an account for school purposes, and etc.

            Most students are a visual learner that’s why teachers must use pictures, videos in presenting a lesson to catch the attention of the students.

Application

            Teachers are responsible to their students and have the authority in their classroom. We all know that this technology may destroy everyone; and since the improvement of technology is inevitable, teachers must monitor his/her students.

            As future teacher, I must have the heart to know my students to cater their educational needs. By understanding them, I can able to apply appropriate instructional materials suitable for the discussed topic, cater their multiple intelligences through various teaching strategies.  

Technology/ Digital Learners

- spend much time talking with friends on their cell phones.

- send text messages.

- interact through social media.

- play video games.

- surf the world wide web.

Jean Piaget's Traditional learning chart (1896-1980)

First two years                                   Susceptible minds

Six years                                            Acquiring communication skills

Teenage years                                   Transition concrete thinking

Adult years                                         Abstract thinking and reasoning

Multi-tasking

- performing tasks simultaneously

- watching video 

- chatting on-line

- downloading pictures and music

- surfing the web

Lesson 2: An Overview: Educational Technology 2

                Educational Technology 2 is concerned with “Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning” focused on introducing, reinforcing, supplementing and extending knowledge and skills to learners so that they can become exemplary users of educational technology. This course intends to help our target learners to weave technology in teaching with software (computer programmed learning materials) becoming a natural extension of their learning tools.

                In essence , the course aims to infuse technology in the student-teachers training, helping them to meet and adapt to rapid and continuing technological changes, particularly in the thriving global information and communication (ICT) environment.\

                More specifically, the course objectives are:

• ·         To provide education in the use of technology in instruction by providing knowledge and skills on technology integration-in-instruction  to learners;
• ·         To impart learning experiences in instructional technology-supported instructional planning.
• ·         To acquaint students on Information Technology or IT related learning theories with the computer as tutor.
• ·         To learn to use and evaluate computer-based educational resources;
• ·         To engage learners on practical technology integration issues including managing IT classrooms, use of the internet for learning cooperative learning through the use of information technology; and
• ·         To indicate higher-level thinking and creativity among students while providing them knowledge of IT-related learning theories.

Lesson 1 : A REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

            The Education Technology 1 (ET-1) course has truly paved the way for the learner to become aware, appreciative and equipped to use educational technology 1 tools ranging from traditional to modern educational media.

            Truly, the foundation for a truly satisfying exposure to educational technology has been firmly laid down by the ET- 1 course, starting with the through treatment of the history of educational technology, quality education, and the roles of ET in the 21th millennium.

            In ET-1, the learner was also oriented towards averting the dangers of dehumanization which technology brings into societies, such as through ideological propaganda, pornography, financial fraud, and other exploitative use of technology. Sad to say, these dangers continue to affect peoples and cultures while widening the gap between rich and poor countries.

            On the application of educational technology to instruction. Educational technology 1 showed the four phases of application of educational technology in teaching- and- learning, namely: (a) setting of learning objectives (b) designing specific learning experiences (c) evaluating the effectiveness of the learning experiences vis-à-vis the learning objectives, and (d) revision as needed of the whole teaching-learning process, or elements of it, for further improving future instructional activities.

            Adding to the technology sophistication of the learner, educational technology 1 fitting refined the distinction between educational technology and other concepts, such as instructional technology (which is the use of technology and instruction, different from school management), educational media (or equipment and materials, apart from the teacher himself), audio visual aids (or learning media to stir the senses for more effective learning).

            In sum, educational technology 1 served:
•         To orient the learner to the pervasiveness of educational technology in society.
•         To lend familiarization on how educational technology can be utilized as media for the avenues teaching-learning process in this school.
•         To uplift the learner to human learning through the use of learning technology.
•         To impart skills in planning, designing, using and evaluating the technology-enriched teaching-learning process.
•         To acquaint learners on the basic aspects of community education, functions of the school media center, and finally.
•         To introduce the learner to what is recognized as the third revolution in education, the computer.